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An exploration of the transcontinental railroad, which became the first rail link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans upon its completion in 1869
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The transcontinental railroad : America at its best?

Dec 11, 2018 12/18

by Young, Robert, 1951-

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Building the transcontinental railroad

Oct 11, 2018 10/18

by Barter, James, 1946-

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128 pages : 24 cm
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The transcontinental railroad

Sep 24, 2018 09/18

by Blashfield, Jean F

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The transcontinental railroad

May 28, 2013 05/13

by Anderson, Peter, 1956-

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Includes index
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California Digital Library

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The Pacific railroad

Dec 3, 2007 12/07

by Poor, Henry Varnum, 1812-1905

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The Library of Congress

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Mission of the North American people, geographical, social, and political

Sep 3, 2010 09/10

by Gilpin, William, 1822-1894

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Golden jubilee of the Pacific railroad [microform]

May 18, 2015 05/15

by Hunt, Rockwell Dennis, 1868-

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California Digital Library

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Speech of Hon. Aaron A. Sargent, of California, on the Pacific railroad as a military necessity; delivered in the House of representatives, January 31, 1862

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus), 1827-1887

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California Digital Library

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Speech of Hon. T.G. Phelps, of Cal. : on the Pacific Railroad, delivered in the House of Representatives, April 8, 1862

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by Phelps, T. G. (Timothy Guy), 1824-1899

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The Library of Congress

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Extract from the annual report to the secretary of war

Oct 10, 2017 10/17

by United States. War Department; Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883. [from old catalog]

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California Digital Library

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Senatorial excursion party over the Union Pacific Railway, E. D. ; speeches of Senators Yates ... [and others] on the Pacific rail road question. Delivered at the banquet given to them by the City council, and Merchants' exchange, at the Southern hotel, St. Louis, June 14, 1867. Proceedings of meetings of excursionists held at Fort Harker, Kan., June 7 and 8, 1867. Speeches of Senators Cameron ... [and others]. Proceedings of meetings of citizens of New Mexico, held at Santa Fe, September 21, 1867, and address of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer. Report of president of Union Pacific railway, E. D. made to secretary of the interior for the year ending September 30, 1867. Exhibit of earnings, &c

Oct 2, 2006 10/06

by Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division; Making of America Project

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State Library of Pennsylvania

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Remarks of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 7, 1859 : on the motion to recommit the bill for the construction of a Pacific railroad, with instructions to bring in a bill for the construction of a northern and southern road, and in reply to A. Iverson

Sep 6, 2017 09/17

by Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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The Library of Congress

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All about California, and the inducements to settle their ..

Sep 17, 2010 09/10

by California Immigrant Union; Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901

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State Library of Pennsylvania

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The Pacific railroad : Speech of William H. Seward : Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 21, 1858

Aug 22, 2017 08/17

by Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872, author

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Speech of Hon. James A. McDougall ... on the great Pacific railroad

Sep 29, 2017 09/17

by McDougall, J. A. (James Alexander), 1817-1867

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[Technological pamphlets, v. 26, no. 3]
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State Library of Pennsylvania

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Pacific railroad. : Speech of Hon. Charles L. Scott, of California, in the House of Representatives, January 19, 1859

May 29, 2018 05/18

by Scott, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1827-1899

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American Libraries

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Senatorial excursion party over the Union Pacific Railway, E. D.; speeches of Senators Yates, Cattel, Chandler, Howe, and Trumbull; Hon J. A. J. Creswell, Hon. John Covode, M. C., and Hon. Wm

May 15, 2009 05/09

by Kansas Pacific Railway Company. [from old catalog]

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Newberry Library

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Report of the exploration of two passes through the Rocky Mountains, in 1858

Feb 24, 2018 02/18

by Blakiston, Thomas Wright, 1832-1891

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California Digital Library

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The Pacific railroads and the relations existing between them and the government of the United States

Nov 15, 2007 11/07

by Poor, Henry Varnum, 1812-1905

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American Libraries

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Report of surveys across the continent, in 1867-'68, on the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels, for a route extending the Kansas Pacific railway to the Pacific ocean at San Francisco and San Diego

Oct 15, 2008 10/08

by Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909; Union Pacific Railroad Company

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California Digital Library

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The Pacific railroads and the government

Dec 3, 2007 12/07

by Blake, Henry Taylor

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American Libraries

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Mission of the North American people, geographical, social, and political

Dec 27, 2009 12/09

by Gilpin, William, 1822-1894

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Smithsonian Libraries

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Argument before the Hon. B. H. Bristow, solicitor-general of the U.S. showing that the Central branch Union Pacific railroad company is entitled to continue and extend its road to the "Main Trunk," (the Union Pacific Railroad,) and for and in aid of the construction thereof to receive lands and bonds from the United States

Jul 29, 2011 07/11

by Nichols, Effingham H; Union Pacific Railroad. Central Branch

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The transcontinental railroad and the great race to connect the nation

Nov 21, 2018 11/18

by Coleman, Wim

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American Libraries

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Mission of the North American people; geographical, social, and political

Mar 18, 2014 03/14

by Gilpin, William, 1813-1894

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Topics: Pacific railroads, Physical geography
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The Library of Congress

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Contrabands : suggesting an apprenticeship under the auspices of government to build the Pacific rail road ... : with other matters relating to the state of public affairs

Jun 20, 2008 06/08

by Ward, Charles

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California Digital Library

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Proceedings of the friends of a rail-road to San Francisco : at their public meeting, held at the U.S. Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 1849. Including an address to the people of the U. States; showing that, P.P.F. Degrand's plan is the only one, as yet proposed, which will secure promptly and certainly, and by a single act of legislation, the construction of a railroad to California, in the shortest time allowed by its physical obstacles

Dec 3, 2007 12/07

by Degrand, P. P. F. (Peter Paul Francis), d. 1855

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Topic: Pacific railroads -- Early projects

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The railroaders

Sep 6, 2012 09/12

by Time-Life Books; Wheeler, Keith

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237) and index
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California Digital Library

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Memorial of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, in aid of their petition of 16th April, 1860

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by People's Pacific Railroad Company; Perham, Josiah

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American Libraries

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Where to emigrate and why. Homes and fortunes in the boundless West and the sunny South ..

Oct 15, 2008 10/08

by Goddard, Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett), b. 1834; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

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Topics: Pacific railroads, Land settlement
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The great race : the building of the transcontinental railroad

Jun 5, 2018 06/18

by Mercati, Cynthia

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56 pages : 23 cm
Topics: Pacific railroads -- History, Pacific railroads, Railroads -- United States -- Fiction

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The transcontinental railroad

Feb 20, 2013 02/13

by Anderson, Peter

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State Library of Pennsylvania

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A few remarks upon the subject of a rail-road to the Pacific, by a member of the Philadelphia bar

Aug 15, 2018 08/18

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California Digital Library

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Address to the voters of the 6th Congressional District of California : on the ownership of the Pacific Railroads by the government : and the location of a deep sea harbor at San Pedro : to which is added an abstrct of the reports of the United States Pacific Railway Commission, under act of Congress of March 3, 1887 : with suggestions as to the legal remedies of the government for the recovery of its debt

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by Patton, Geo. S. (George S.); United States. Pacific Railway Commission; Kinsell & Doan. (1887) bkp CU-BANC

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Topic: Pacific railroads -- Finance

California Digital Library

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Impolicy of government subsidies to railroads

Nov 15, 2007 11/07

by Piper, William A. (William Adam), 1826-1899

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The journal of Sean Sullivan : a Transcontinental Railroad worker

Jul 18, 2011 07/11

by Durbin, William, 1951-

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In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad
Topics: Pacific railroads, Railroads, Diaries

California Digital Library

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Pacific railroad. Speech of Hon. Jas. A. M'Dougall, of Cal., delivered in the House of Representatives, January 16, 1855

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by McDougall, J. A. (James Alexander), 1817-1867

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State Library of Pennsylvania

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Speech of Hon. James Shields, of Minnesota, on the Pacific railroad bill, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 7, 1859

May 29, 2018 05/18

by Shields, James, 1806-1879

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California Digital Library

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Memorial to the President of the United States, Heads of departments, Senate and House of Representatives

Dec 3, 2007 12/07

by Pacific Railroad Convention (1859 : San Francisco, Calif.); Alta Job Office. (1859) bkp CU-BANC

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California Digital Library

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Graft and grab; a government problem

Oct 23, 2007 10/07

by Harvey, Charles Darling, 1839-

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California Digital Library

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Letter from Col. Benton to the people of Missouri : Central national highway from the Mississippi River to the Pacific

Nov 16, 2007 11/07

by Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Cornell University Library

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Official explorations for Pacific railroads

Oct 20, 2009 10/09

by Albright, George Leslie, 1893-1916

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Pacific Railroad and Telegraph ... Report ..

Jan 18, 2018 01/18

by Kidwell, Mr. (Zedekiah), 1814-1872; United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Establishment of Railroad and Telegraphic Communication between the Atlantic States and the Pacific Ocean; Denver, James William, 1817-1892; Wood, John M., 1813-1864

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Submitted by Mr. Denver. Ordered printed July 24, 1856. Resolved July 28, 1856, that ten thousand extra copies of the majority and also minority reports to be printed for the use of the members of the House of Representatives ..
Topics: Pacific railroads, Railroads, Telegraph

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A great & shining road : the epic story of the transcontinental railroad

Sep 13, 2010 09/10

by Williams, John Hoyt

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-331) and index
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American Libraries

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The story of the railroad

Jun 18, 2009 06/09

by Warman, Cy, 1855-1914

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American Libraries

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The story of the railroad

Mar 24, 2008 03/08

by Warman, Cy, 1855-1914

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